Local hopes Spankem and Sundees Son have topped New Zealand's ID19 rankings, with Cruz Bromac (five) and Big Jack Hammer (two) ranked Victoria's best hopes in today's first release.
All Stars entrant Spankem, who ran fourth in Melbourne's December pacing TAB Inter Dominion final after winning two of his heats, has only added to his reputation with victories in the Miracle Mile and a further two Group 1 victories at Auckland this season.
Of the Australian raiders, Queenslander Colt Thirty One has been ranked second in large part for his Blacks A Fake victory, with New South Wales' entrant Our Uncle Sam – who placed second in the ID18 final, won the Bohemia Crystal and was second in the Len Smith Mile – ranked fourth.
Cruz Bromac heads the Victorians with Kilmore Cup winner San Carlo ranked ninth, Trots Country Cups champ Buster Brady 11th, Wrappers Delight 17th, Cant Refuse 22nd and Craig Demmler's pair My Kiwi Mate (31) and Somebeachshadow (33) also within a likely cut-off at 36, as is Audi Hare (34).
Of the trotters, Big Jack Hammer's triple crown in February and March of winning Group 1s the V. L. Dullard Cup, Aquagait Mile and Australian Trotting Grand Prix was reflected in his second-placed ranking, behind only Robert Dunn's Sundees Son, who's won his past five starts including three Group 1s.
New South Wales entrant Tough Monarch (5) and Victorians McLovin (8) and Kyvalley Blur (9) were also in the trotting top 10, while Save Our Pennys (21) is the only other Vic nominee listed within the 24-horse cut-off at this stage.
IRT Inter Dominion Rankings – Pacers
Spankem 1
Colt Thirty One 2
Thefixer 3
Our Uncle Sam 4
Cruz Bromac 5
Chase Auckland 6
A G’ White Socks 7
Ashley Locaz 8
San Carlo 9
Ellmers Image 10
Buster Bady 11
Star Galleria 12
Ultimate Sniper 13
Henry Hubert 14
Classie Brigade 15
Bling It On 16
Wrappers Delight 17
Ignatius 18
Sicario 19
Courtsinsession 20
On The Cards 21
Can’t Refuse 22
Conviction 23
Triple Eight 24
Harjeet 25
Mach Shard 26
Sheriff 27
Self Assured 28
Atomic Red 29
Joes Star Of Mia 30
My Kiwi Mate 31
Nandolo 32
Somebeachshadow 33
Audi Hare 34
Gran Chico 35
Check In 36
Solid Gold 37
Another Masterpiece 38
Fame Assured 39
Dance Time 40
Tennyson Bromac 41
The Devils Own 42
Bettorstartdreaming 43
Jack Farthing 44
The Bus 45
Millwood Maizie 46
Crime Writer 47
Smokin By 48
Sagwitch 49
A Bettor Act 50
Franco Landry 51
The Moonshadow 52
Revolver 53
Ball Of Art 54
Be Mine Tonight 55
IRT Inter Dominion Rankings – Trotters
Sundees Son 1
Big Jack Hammer 2
Marcoola 3
Massive Metro 4
Tough Monarch 5
Lemond 6
Majestic Man 7
McLovin 8
Kyvalley Blur 9
Temporale 10
Habibi Inta 11
Great Things Happen 12
Monbet 13
Lily Stride 14
Amaretto Sun 15
Destiny Jones 16
Woodstone 17
Le Lievre's Gift 18
Winterfell 19
Harriet Of Mot 20
Save Our Pennys 21
Monty Python 22
Bordeaux 23
Enghien 24
Ronald J 25
Valloria 26
Pres The Belle 27
Maori Law 28
C K Spur 29
Sertorius 30
Credit Master 31
The Dominator 32
Bonnie Highlander 33
Hey Yo 34
Dark Horse 35
Oscar Bonavena 36
Sassy Pants 37
Tickle Me Pink 38
Didjabringthebeers 39
Ruthless Kayla 40
Kenny's Dream 41
Theodosia 42
Luby Lou 43
Fratellino 44
Heavyweight Hero 45
Forget The Price Tag 46
Majestic Hurricane 47
Matua Tana 48
Sundons Wish 49
War Machine 50
Sunny Glenis 51
BD Love 52
Gershwin 53
Paramount King 54
King Cassidy 55
Valmagne 56
Galleons Victory 57
The Hulk 58
Mr Good And Evil 59
Lovey Dovey Moment 60
Westy Boyz 61
Zsa Zoe 62
Lone Star Lad 63
Phoebe Imperial 64
Charlemagne 65
Sugar Cane 66
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